京町家

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
京 町 家
きょう
Grade: 2 		まち
Grade: 1 		や
Grade: 2
goon kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
京町屋
京町家: a traditional townhouse near Hōkyōji temple in Kyoto

Etymology

Compound of 京 (Kyō, “Kyōto”) +‎ 町家 (machiya, “townhouse”). Coined during the 1960s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

京(きょう)町(まち)家(や) • (Kyōmachiya) 

  1. a traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto city

Usage notes

Used especially to refer to extant machiya built in Kyoto before the end of World War II.

See also

References

  1. ^ Maruyama Toshiaki (2014) Kyōto no machiya to Juraku-dai [Kyoto’s townhouses and Juraku-dai] (in Japanese), Kyoto: Shohan
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